The "flames" between the stars flowed at the end of this world, and in Duncan-Zhou Ming's perception, he seemed to be able to clearly see that the sparks were slowly connecting into a ring-

Every spark he left on the four nodes of the outer barrier was now evenly diffusing starlight, and these glows were gradually penetrating and covering those nodes, covering the "ancient gods" that made up those nodes, covering their authority, covering their essence, covering their memories, covering ...... their information.

Just like when he first infiltrated the golden sun mask with his own flames, he understood the secrets behind the mask, just like he used the flames to spy on and control those extraordinary objects, and now he is still doing the same thing.

Every piece of data in the process from the beginning of the birth of this world to the end of the world has gradually been reflected in his mind in the process.

Because in the eyes of the "inverse singularity", this entire boundless sea, which is gradually cooling, but still persistently pretends that the ashes that still exist in the breath of civilization, are themselves a "transcendent item".

Alice lowered her head and looked at Duncan curiously, "Captain, how long are we going to wait here?" ”

"We can go," Duncan said softly, "Nina and they have returned safely to the Infinite Sea, and it is time for us to move on to the next place." ”

Alice was curious: "The next place?" You haven't told me where it is......"

"We're going to find it ourselves – but it shouldn't be difficult." Duncan said slowly, then lowered his head and looked at something beside him.

It was a quaint and delicate hourglass, the "life" left by Bartók, the god of death, to the goddess of storms, Grimna, who Duncan had taken from the temple three days earlier.

Now, the sand that represents life in the hourglass is almost gone.

Duncan picked up the hourglass, a little flame burned illusory and quietly in the hourglass container, the last few remaining grains of sand did not fall, but floated in the center of the container in the flames, he watched the last "life", heard a faint and small voice from them, and then nodded lightly: "Yes, I am leaving." ”

A faint voice seemed to say goodbye to him, but barely audible.

Duncan, however, seemed to understand everything, and he smiled, his tone mild and pleasant: "Ah, that sounds good...... I want to be with my friends again, I want to travel again, there is a lively brigade...... And then want to open a shop that sells souvenirs?

"Okay, I see, I'll arrange it...... Don't doubt and worry, there will be, it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to customize the world and the future – you all deserve this opportunity.

“…… Yes, it will take a while, very, very long, but don't worry, the last thing I lack is time, and for eternity, it only takes one blink......

"Now, we're leaving, Gemona, goodbye—have a good dream."

The last specimens of sand dissipated in the flames, and the hourglass silently disintegrated into dust, drifting away in the wind, and the whole island began to sink in the star-lit flames.

Duncan stood up and waved open the flame door to the Lost Land.

Moments later, they had returned to the Lost Land, a ship under the control of the Goathead, which was smoothly weaving through the fog between the Leviathan Islands and approaching the edge of the Node's sea.

Duncan led Alice to the captain's room, and the moment the door opened, the goat's head, which was in a daze at the edge of the chart table, immediately turned his head, and the conscientious first mate quickly let out a long sigh and began to chatter while the captain didn't say anything to shut up:

"Well, I'm a little uncomfortable with the silence on the ship, Miss Vanna should start exercising on deck at this time, and Shirley must be taking the dog everywhere." Adventure', I felt that they were too noisy at first, always thinking about when they would be quiet and quiet, but I didn't expect it to be really quiet at this time, but I felt so uncomfortable, obviously I just returned to the state of the boat at the beginning, thinking about how fast time flies, you said that the human heart is really a wonderful thing, why didn't I expect to experience such things in the first place, of course, now I can't be considered a good person, I finished speaking, I shut up. ”

The goat's head simply closed his mouth neatly, not giving Duncan a chance to shout "shut up" - the latter felt that the dense water on the opposite side was like a wall, and just wanted to shut up the thing but didn't expect it to learn to answer, but he was stunned and couldn't get the two words in his throat, so he could only stare at the wood carving on the table, and said in a while: "Can you shut up yourself?" ”

The goat's head was expressionless (of course, that hard face didn't usually have any expression): "Yes, I'll just finish speaking." ”

Duncan choked again, he suspected that the thing was deliberate, and the evidence was sufficient, but the goathead definitely didn't care about this, so he could only keep his face strained: "...... Shut up here and Alice and I will figure out the next navigation. ”

The goat's head was succinct: "Understood." ”

The corners of Duncan's mouth twitched, and he walked with the puppet to the bedroom deep in the captain's room, and when he was about to walk, he couldn't help but muttered to Alice: "I'll remember it later, I have to add a setting to the new world, and everyone who speaks without punctuation will flash his tongue......"

Alice also leaned over and muttered, "But Mr. Goathead doesn't have a tongue at all, and its voice comes directly from the neck......"

Duncan entered the room, closed the door casually, and turned his head to look at Miss Doll when he heard this: "I'm curious when you say this, do you have a tongue?" ”

"Yes," Alice opened her mouth solemnly, pulling her fingers at the corners of her mouth, "look—puff, puff, tongue." ”

“…… I'm really curious about how the wrong replica of Pilot One 'pinched' you out in the first place, the tongue is all made, so you can't strengthen the joints. Duncan glanced at the cute puppet with a subtle expression, turned to the bed, and then took out the clockwork key used to activate the "Navigator Alice's Mansion" and dangled it in front of the puppet's eyes.

Without the captain's command, Alice sat down in front of Duncan with great skill, turned, and pulled the zipper on her back, revealing the keyhole.

Duncan picked up the navigator key, but before turning the clockwork, he looked at Alice's back and was suddenly silent for a moment, and then spoke: "Alice, I have a question. ”

"Huh? You say. ”

"Have you ever thought about it...... Something? For example, something you want, or something like a wish, such as ...... Don't continue to be a 'puppet'? ”

Alice turned her head a little puzzled while pressing her clothes: "No, is there anything bad about being a puppet?" ”

"Don't you have any requests or ideas about the new world and the future?" Duncan said very seriously, "In this matter, Nina and they all have more or less their own ideas, Shirley wants a large piece of freedom, Morris wants to have space for research and exploration, and even Queen Leviathan has her own wishes that she wants to fulfill, but she ...... You've been quiet, and you've never spoken out when we're talking about the new world. ”

Alice was stunned, and seemed to be thinking very seriously about the captain's question, but after a while, she still shook her head: "Because I really don't have any opinions." ”

Duncan frowned slightly.

"Because I don't have anything to dislike, everything is fine," Alice said seriously, "and I don't know what the new world should have, everything I saw on the day I woke up is here, it's all here, it's all there, anything else...... Without. And it's nice to be a puppet, I like it now. ”

Speaking of this, she paused suddenly, and quickly added: "Ah, if I have to say, then I will still stay with you in the new world—I am not used to living in the city-state. ”

Duncan was stunned, and finally a helpless and gentle smile changed from surprise and astonishment to his face.

"Okay," he nodded slightly, reaching out and pressing Alice's hair, "I'll take you, but that's just the basics - if you really don't know what you want, leave it to me, and I'll help you think and make it happen." ”

"Oh, good!" Alice nodded happily and turned around as she shifted around the bed, but suddenly as if she remembered something, she twisted her head happily, "Oh yes, I want a new pan, a little smaller, the kind that can make cookies, you add this." ”

“…… Okay, I'll make a note of that," Duncan paused for a moment, a gentle smile gradually appeared on his face, and nodded solemnly, "In New World, Alice wants a new pan. ”

"The kind used to make sweet pancakes!"

"Well, the kind used to make cookie pancakes."

The clockwork key slid into the keyhole, and with a click, the key spun itself in the puppet's keyhole - the light and shadow shifted, the five senses reset, and Duncan opened his eyes to see that he had returned to the position he had been in when he had left Alice's Mansion.

The main hall of the Pilot III.

Dim light poured from above, and in the middle of the dark hall stood a "tree" made of wires, pipes, and metal branches, and at the edge of the platform where the roots of the tree were, the figure holding the sketchpad was slowly opening its eyes—like a robot that gradually turned on after being powered on, she came to her senses a little, and then smiled on her face.

"Captain! We're in again! ”

Duncan nodded, walked over and helped the doll that had just woken up and was a little uncomfortable.

"Captain, what are we going to do next? Want to say hello to the black sun at the door? Looking for the one you said...... What's next? ”

Duncan looked down at the "drawing board" in Alice's hand.

This so-called "drawing board" is actually the remaining "functional interface" of Pilot-3 today.

"I want you to search for something." He spoke.

"Searching for something? What to search for? ”

"The New Hope's escape pod - it was left at the end of the ashes."

(Push time, Toad's new book "The First Wizarding World War" -

Charlotte Mecklen traveled to the Fars Empire and only wanted to be a civil servant on a foreign continent, and he was not a combatant...... But who would have thought that civilians would also go to war!

When the book is finished, push a book, highlighting the fate of life and death after a milk...... ）

(End of chapter)